Daily Dino Fact: The Unicorn Dinosaur
Unicornosaur?
Q: Which dinosaur most closely resembled a unicorn? -Unicornosaur
A: LOL, what a great question! Honestly, I didn’t think I was going to be able to answer this one (though I certainly wanted to). Turns out there is actually a dinosaur whose nickname is “The Unicorn Dinosaur.” The dinos name is Tsintaosaurus, a hadrosaur found in China.
Tsintosaurus was one of the strangest dinosaurs ever found. Unlike other hadrosaurs that had a long crest protruding backward, Tsintosaurus had a long, blunt horn sticking straight out of the forehead. No one knows what it was used for and the theories about it vary widely. What we do know is that it had very powerful jaws and teeth and could have eaten from the toughest of trees.
Unfortunately, Tsintaosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous. Liopleurodons lived during the Middle Jurassic which means you couldn’t name a Tsintaosaurus “Charlie” and have it meet a “Magical Liopleurodon.”
High five to anyone who gets that reference.
-Rex
Tags: Daily Dino Fact, Dinosaurs, webosaurs
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:17 pm
hahahahahaha! Hive five for me!!!
~BetaTestUser
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Unicorn dinosaur??? STRANGE!!!!
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
lol i totaly get it! the “magical liopleurodon” is on unis bg!
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:22 pm
so strange,
Question : Were they more dinosaurs who had horns then the cerapods?
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Uhhhh have you ever realized why they’re “magical”???? They lived past the extinction. HA!
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:05 pm
I get it that reference is from the Youtube video Charlie the Unicorn
*High Fives Rex*
- FireIce
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Lol, I think I got it. Charlie the Unicorn, goes to candy mountain?
February 4th, 2010 at 1:02 am
lol charlie the unicorn refrance!!
February 4th, 2010 at 1:06 am
Great fact,
Who is dinosaur that have the most horns/spikes?
Irvine
February 4th, 2010 at 2:15 am
i get it there are charlie the unicorn vids on youtube and he met a magical liopleurodon lol
February 4th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Guys? Why does my blog show up twice in the blogroll??
February 4th, 2010 at 8:00 am
Hahah! Just like Unicornosaur to ask a question like that XD
-DIALGAPALKIA
February 4th, 2010 at 11:24 am
I’M MOVING TO SOUTH AFRICA TODAY!!!!!!
February 4th, 2010 at 11:25 am
by the way can you post this in the news?
February 4th, 2010 at 11:47 am
of course its charlie the unicorn. one of the best youtube vids (other than webosaur videos) ever.
February 4th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
It’s a bit obvious! Charlie the unicorn and his girl/boy unicorn not-friends! Should we go to candy mountain, go to the banana king, save the world or see rick astley come back for his revenge?
February 4th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
hey rex may u change the name on my blog to :
The Drak Webo Track Blog
February 4th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Of course I know Charlie! The funniest unicorn on youtube lol